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Vegan Mac and Cheese

Being the fact that I’m dairy intolerant, I totally miss my cheese. I mean, how do you tell an Italian girl she can’t have cheese? It just reeks havoc on my body. So I’ve been searching the internet and Pinterest to find a yummy vegan mac and cheese recipe. Gosh, there’s a huge variety of recipes out there. I’ve seen some with sweet potato, coconut milk, lemon juice, vinegar and chopped onions. I saw on where someone actually took onions, potatoes and other herbs and spices and made a broth out of it. They took that, blended it up and used that as their “cheese” sauce. Didn’t seem too cheesy to me (no pun intended). As I do with all my recipes I pick and choose what I think Spiro and I will like. After trying several variations of this, here’s what I came up with. It doesn’t taste exactly like mac and cheese, but it fulfills that void. Oh and here’s my first stab at a video. I hope you like it. I know it’s not perfect, but I figured I really want to start taking videos so what the heck, it’s a learning process, right? 🙂 (P.S. I took this picture of last weeks batch. That’s when I knew I had the recipe ready to share.)

Take 1 1/2 cups of milk and add the flour and potato starch. Mix it really well (I shake it in a container). Melt your butter on medium heat. Once it’s melted add the flour/milk mixture and the remaining 1 1/2 cups of milk. Keep stirring on medium heat until it starts to thicken (about 5 minutes or so). Once it thickens, reduce to low heat and stir occasionally. While you’re doing that, get the water boiling for your pasta. Cook pasta according to directions, immediately drain and add to your cheese. Remember that if you’re baking your pasta, follow the directions for less cooking time. Once you have it in the baking dish, bake on 350 for 20 – 25 minutes. Then I like to blast it on broil for about a minute to really crunch it up. Let me know what you think.

Hi Sue,
Thanks, I don’t have a gluten problem, but I still try to stay away from it. Yes, giving up the cheese and eggs for me is really difficult, but I know my gut will be thankful once it heals. I will try to introduce goat cheese at some point and see if my body tolerates that. I hope Paleo is working well for you. Anything that makes us feel better, right? LOL yes, this recipe would be work for someone who isn’t much of a cook, I agree. As always, it’s nice hearing from you, take care and have a great day. LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Health Magazines

OMG my recipe for vegan mac doesn’t look to be quite as good as yours! I don’t include Diaya when I make mine, but I imagine that yours must come out creamy as a dream! I’ll have to be giving this a shot in the very near future! Love that you included turmeric too! Gives it a nice orange color AND lots of health benefits, AWESOME JOB!

Hi Zach,
Thank you. Ya, the Diaya (I don’t know if I’m pronouncing it right) makes it for sure. It doesn’t heat up well, you have to add more of the almond milk to heat it up. Let me know if you try it and what you think. 🙂 Have a great day, Lisa.Lisa Magoulas recently posted…Health Magazines

Great dish and awesome video. You are the next Rachel Ray! I love her, although she uses a ton of cheese on everything. I do not have a problem with dairy, but I am not a huge cheese lover. Of course I do have exceptions such as my spinach and artichoke dip where there is a lot of cheese. Low fat of course. Lol. Your recipes are such a variety, I look forward to my e-mail with a new recipe. It is certainly nice to have a change instead of the same ole, same ole especially when having to cook after working all day. Having something that is quick and easy. along with being healthy is such a benefit. I’m sure I’ll try the recipe. Thanks again for the video, it was great. Happy cooking Lisa. Happy Valentine’s Day to 2 beautiful people and 2 beautiful smiles!

Hi Donna,
Awww, thanks so much for the compliments. Ya know, I totally try to make yummy things that are healthy. I just don’t want to grow old and have health issues and aches and pains, ya know? My goal is to help people eat stuff they crave, but in a healthier way – and quick too. I mean, who has time to prepare for hours? Ya know, you just gave me a thought – I may throw this all in a crock pot and see what happens. Now that would be cool. So good hearing from you. Happy Valentine’s day beautiful. You should go to gravatar.com and upload a pic of yourself so everyone can see your beautiful smile too. 🙂 xoxo Have a great night. LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese

I am SO glad I don’t have any issues with dairy products Lisa. My goodness, you poor thing having to buy all this stuff and we know it never tastes like the real thing. I’m sure you’re pretty use to it by now but you do come up with some very inventive ways to get around all of that all while still enjoying your yummy foods.

Thanks for sharing this recipe and I LOVE the video. Spiro did a great job as cameraman and I’m shocked the kids behaved. Yay!!!

Adrienne,
Giving up cheese has been very difficult for me. I’ve heard from some folks that once I heal my body, I may be able to tolerate “raw” cheese or goat cheese. I’m praying that’s the case because I don’t care about sweets at all but eggs and cheese? It’s killing me. lol This stuff doesn’t taste like cheese at all. It has the consistency and it does taste really yummy, but not like cheese. I’m glad you liked the video – yeah, Spiro is a sweetie. We discussed the whole filming thing before and during. I know! Can you believe the boyz behaved? They were psycho for a while – we had to wait to film some more – thus the elongated time (if you saw on the stove lol) Give a hug to mom and Kayla for me. I hope your mom is recuperating well and she’s ok at the dance. I agree, it’s best to bring her there with you. Have a great time. xoxo LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese

Thank you Sylviane. I know you’re French, so cheese is so much a part of your culture and life. It breaks my heart that my body can’t digest it any more. This recipe tastes great, but it will never compare to real cheese – ever. I’m glad you liked the video – trying to mix it up a bit. Thanks for stopping by – take care – LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese

Love this recipe. I will switch out the cornstarch for arrow root. I uses to make an awesome homemade Mac and cheese but don’t eat that way anymore. This looks great!!Risa recently posted…21 Day Fix ~ Lose 15 lbs in Just 21 Days!

Hi Risa,
Oh yeah, I forgot to put in alternatives for the potato starch – thanks for sharing that. Ya, back in the day, I made a pretty decadent one too. But I’m enjoying my health and weight loss better than that mac n cheese. And I’m sure you are too. You’ve done such an awesome job girl! High five. LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese

I love this video! There is one thing to write a recipe down, and another to do a video! It helps so much. When I first seen this, I said to myself “Hey…those are the products I have in my home” Love it!

Keep them coming Girl! Get enough of these videos and you can have your own show. There are so many people that don’t know how to eat Vegan. This will surely help them. Kudos to you!

Thanks so much Donna, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I’m really hoping they will help people. Sometimes seeing a recipe doesn’t depict how easy it is to make. I’m hoping to help people get back in the kitchen and make healthy, yummy food. I guess those are some vegan staples then, huh? 🙂 LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese

Hi Lisa,
We’re all for trying new recipes and this looks like a very healthy meal. I’m curious, how many people that amount will serve? Knowing this will be beneficial. Also, where do you place it on a flavor scale?

Hi Bill,
For this recipe, I use an 8 oz. box of pasta. For the “proper” serving size, that’s about 4 servings. Mind you, my husband can very easily eat half of the batch. I always serve it with veggies, that helps fill you up. Ya know, I just love cheese, so going in, you can’t expect it to taste like cheese. It has a lot of flavor – a little nutty, and it has the consistency of real mac n cheese. Hope that helps. Let me know if you try it. LisaLisa Magoulas recently posted…Vegan Mac and Cheese